A young Fir Tree stands in the forest. It longs to grow and discover the world and find out where all the other trees are disappearing to..."Oh, grow, grow, become big and old, that is the only wonderful thing in this world!"Set against the backdrop of Christmas, Hans Christian Andersen’s poignant and bittersweet tale about the importance of living in the moment and not allowing life to pass you by - a wonderfully evocative listen for young and old alike.Re...

William Shakespeare’s epic drama about ambition, passion, power and betrayal. Foretold he will be king, Macbeth embarks on a path of murderous treason, stopping at nothing to seize the throne...This script is the companion to Almost Tangible’s award-winning audio production of Macbeth, recorded with a full cast at Glamis Castle in Dundee, Scotland. The script includes the full original text for Macbeth but indicates any text cuts (or additions) that were made and also includes audi...

Nutkin and his friends ask Old Mr Brown, the owl, for permission to gather nuts on his island. With every day on the island, Nutkin gets more impertinent and nearly ends up as owl dinner...Almost Tangible presents their audio adapted version of Beatrix Potter's classic 'The Tale Of Squirrel Nutkin'. This is the companion script to Almost Tangible’s award-winning audio production of The Tale of Squirrel Nutkinrecorded during 2020 Covid lockdowns and released in 2021. The original te...

When Tom Thumb and his wife Hunca Munca go exploring in an empty doll's house they find a dinner table full of delicious food. Imagine their disappointment when it turns out the food is made of plaster! Come join Tom and Hunca Munca for an afternoon of mayhem and mischief....Almost Tangible presents an adaptation of Beatrix Potter's classic 'The Tale Of Two Bad Mice'. This book is the companion script to Almost Tangible’s award-winning audio adaptation of Two Bad Mice

On New Year’s Eve a small, poor girl walks in the darkness and snow trying to sell her matches. Hungry and frozen, she curls up in a nook and lights her matches in search of warmth. Looking into the glow, she is transported far, far away from the hunger and the cold.Hans Christian Andersen’s poignant and moving tale, retold by award-winning production company Almost Tangible.Recorded with immersive 3D sound - we recommend listening on headphones.

Proclaimed as “truly spellbinding,” a “great fable” that “functions as transporting romance” by the Guardian, the runaway #1 international bestseller arrives in America.""A rich, gothic entertainment that explores what books have trapped inside them and reminds us of the power of storytelling. Spellbinding.” — TRACY CHEVALIERImagine you could erase grief.Imagine you could remove pain.Imagine you could hide the dar...

Rosamunde Pilcher's beloved saga of one family's passions and heartbreaks – plus an interview with the author‘A deeply satisfying story written with love and confidence’ Maeve BinchyRecovering from a heart attack, Penelope Keeling discharges herself from hospital and returns to her cosy Cotswolds cottage. Fiercely self-sufficient, she values her independence above everything – but fears that others wish to take it from her…...

Broadcaster Matthew Sweet presents a sequence of radio plays by Samuel Beckett, with star casts including Stephen Rea and Ian McKellenSamuel Beckett captured the pathos and irony of modern life like no other dramatist. In the decade following the success of Waiting for Godot (1952), he wrote some of his most absorbing work for radio, among them this sequence of short pieces. Suffused with the same musicality as his stage plays, they are increasingly differ...

Mike Walker's thrilling saga of the Habsburg dynasty, who ruled most of Europe - and much of the New World - for almost 600 yearsFor almost six centuries, the House of Habsburg was one of the most powerful royal families in Europe - and beyond. They established an empire that began with a castle on a crag, and ended up extending over four continents. In these riveting dramas, Mike Walker traces their rise and fall.Hawk Rising -...

Paul Rhys, Miranda Richardson and Carl Prekopp star in this major six-part BBC Radio Classic Serial based on the writings of Mervyn Peake and Maeve Gilmore.The life and times of Titus Groan, 77th Earl of Gormenghast - a vast stronghold of crumbling masonry steeped in immemorial ritual and inhabited by an extraordinary cavalcade of characters including the kitchen boy, Steerpike, who ruthlessly rises to the upper echelons of dynasti...

**She knelt beside the body and touched the man’s neck just in case there might still be a pulse. As she expected, there was none; the waxy face and blank eyes had already told their own story . . .From the author of Death on the Lusitania, The Spies of Hartlake Hall by R. L. Graham is a gripping and evocative historical crime novel set in the closing stages of the First World War.**London, 1917. When a man’s body is found deep in...

Full cast BBC Radio productions of five of C. S. Forester’s classic novelsMost famous for his Hornblower series, iconic writer C. S. Forester tells tales of adventure like no other. This BBC radio collection features modern adaptations of five of his acclaimed novels, including The African Queen (famously adapted as an Oscar-winning film starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn) and The Gun, which was turned into the hit Hollywood movie ...